Barnhill v. Barnhill

WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

The parties were divorced in 1968, at which time the custody of the child now in question who was then 5 years old was awarded to the mother, and the father was ordered to pay $100 per month for its support. In June, 1975, the mother moved under § 452.370 RSMo 1969 for an increase in the amount of that child support. After a hearing in July, 1975, the court granted an increase to $450 per month and allowed $600 to the mother as attorney’s fee. The father appeals, assigning as error: 1) that the court modified the decree without evidence of the father’s ability to…